HC Deb 14 February 1933 vol 274 c837W
Mr. THORNE

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the total amount of expenses incurred by the Government in connection with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company's concession?

Sir J. SIMON

The only special expenditure incurred by His Majesty's Government in connection with the dispute with the Persian Government regarding the Anglo-Persian Oil Company's concession amounted to approximately £200, being the expenses of sending officials to Geneva in connection with the presentation of the ease of His Majesty's Government to the Council of the League of Nations.